The 1,590 cases reported thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the last week in August since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999.
Read MoreTheresa Ohrmund, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Fla, and Maricel Roberts, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, will host a webinar on Thursday, September 27 at 11am Eastern.
Read MoreBio-Rad Laboratories Inc, Hercules, Calif, a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced the launch of a Digital Biology Center to focus on the development of innovative new products based on the company’s recently acquired droplet partitioning technology.
Read MoreVeracyte Inc, South San Francisco, Calif, a molecular diagnostics company pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology, and Genzyme, a Sanofi, Paris, company, announced that the New York State Department of Health has issued a license enabling Veracytes Afirma Gene Expression Classifier to be offered to patients in the state.
Read MoreThe test is designed to help physicians identify women who are at increased risk of developing malignancy, unless treated, after receiving unclear results for cervical cancer risk from standard screening tests.
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